MSI X99A MPOWER (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	278% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A MPOWER (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	51 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 17:48
Run Duration	299 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 737 76% 612 Pts	64-Core 972 60% 972 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 108 91% 112 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 100 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 606GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5157 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2817 (A5) Unknown 100 100 20906253 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 972 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 857 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 61 261994053665 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 326420267084 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3240 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5523 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5163 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8012 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	77.1% Very good	Read 498 Write 351 Mixed 329 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 62.2 4K Mixed 19.8 105% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 33.7 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 11.2 36% 73.2 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 107%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 361GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,809 Write 1,773 Mixed 1,853 474% 2,145 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 35.2 178% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 45.7 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 148 100% 117 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 353%
Transcend SSD340 256GB-$194 1,962 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 228GB free Firmware: SVN423c Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6827 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5856 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 4521984 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 195 195 279180214307 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1360 (C2) HDA temperature 65 65 150326018083 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 19230936256 (EA) Unknown 100 100 45883979584 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10558731629 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14768021911	85.8% Excellent	Read 504 Write 298 Mixed 365 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 24.9 116% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 30.5 93% 202 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 98%
Samsung MZHPV256HDGL-000 256GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 208GB free Firmware: BXW2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 69% Great: 84%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 6058 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7206 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4271 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1568 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 152 152 145824 (C2) HDA temperature 118 112 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.6% Very good	Read 142 Write 128 Mixed 120 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.19 89% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 784GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132546640 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7035 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23216426 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6574 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3573 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 13 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 65 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 716 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 39 39 123123 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 55834574878 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -23708219468490 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21369708778 (F2) Unknown 100 253 80286762593	104% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 164 Mixed 164 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.2 90% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 133GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 74 (03) Spinup time 135 132 4208 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12339 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18512 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9642 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2234 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10104 (C2) HDA temperature 106 99 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	53.9% Above average	Read 113 Write 75.3 Mixed 86.9 69% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.27 76% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 524 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.6% Very good	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 24.4 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 22.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 125%

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Gaming 123%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 108%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A MPOWER (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	44x
Core i7-6950XIntel $499Bench 87%, 6,135 samples	18x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	10x

GPU
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	9x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	7x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	7x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBWDBench 168%, 15,006 samples	9x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	4x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	4x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 4x16GBUnknownBench 90%, 3,173 samples	4x
+ + 4x8GBUnknownBench 109%, 462 samples	4x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	4x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16